This fine is ridiculous. There is always some sort of collusion happening in the league yet nobody ever gets fined. The entire Love/Cavs thing for example is the story of the summer and Love is the property of a different team. How is this any different when JayZ throws out names in one of his songs as he's a minority owner of a team.

I wonder if this fine will make it more difficult for Drake to do what he was asked to do... which was try and attract top end talent to the Raptors? Would the Raptors get in sh!t if the league found out that Drake was talking to players that played for other teams off the record? I sure hope not.

This fine is ridiculous. There is always some sort of collusion happening in the league yet nobody ever gets fined. The entire Love/Cavs thing for example is the story of the summer and Love is the property of a different team. How is this any different when JayZ throws out names in one of his songs as he's a minority owner of a team.

I wonder if this fine will make it more difficult for Drake to do what he was asked to do... which was try and attract top end talent to the Raptors? Would the Raptors get in sh!t if the league found out that Drake was talking to players that played for other teams off the record? I sure hope not.

I don't get it though.. I remember reading how Drake couldn't be fined because he wasn't on the payroll.. and the global ambassador title was just for media to see him with the Raptors.

That could be the case.. and if it was shouldn't the Raptors be challenging that fine? Makes no sense to me.

Rule is, if anyone affiliated with the team makes tampering remarks or actions, the team is held liable. So although Drake is not an employee (he does not get paid by the team, for the record), he is affiliated with the team, since he holds the "Global Ambassador" title.

League laid down this tiny slap on the wrist fine (25k is nothing to MLSE) as a message - MLSE is indeed liable for comments Drake makes, so either reign him in, or cut him loose, or risk losing more than money next time around.

Rule is, if anyone affiliated with the team makes tampering remarks or actions, the team is held liable. So although Drake is not an employee (he does not get paid by the team, for the record), he is affiliated with the team, since he holds the "Global Ambassador" title.

League laid down this tiny slap on the wrist fine (25k is nothing to MLSE) as a message - MLSE is indeed liable for comments Drake makes, so either reign him in, or cut him loose, or risk losing more than money next time around.

That could mean that off the record discussions with players could be frowned upon as well.. so if caught the league could further penalize the Raptors, no?

If that was the case then why hold on to his title? Wouldn't the smarter decision be to let him go? $25K is a small amount but what happens if the next fine is much larger (say a Joe Smith type of fine)?

That could mean that off the record discussions with players could be frowned upon as well.. so if caught the league could further penalize the Raptors, no?

If that was the case then why hold on to his title? Wouldn't the smarter decision be to let him go? $25K is a small amount but what happens if the next fine is much larger (say a Joe Smith type of fine)?

Could be it would be smarter to let him go. But I think the Raptors as an organization are trying to prove that they can play with the big boys of the league - the NYK's and LAL's who just do whatever they want and sort out the punishment later.

In theory private conversations can be punished as well, but they've never been before - too hard to prove. When you've got a youtube video of a concert though...

Report: NBA offered to drop Raptors' fine if team stripped Drake of title

The Raptors were reportedly fined $25,000 after Drake made comments regarding Kevin Durant at the music star's OVO Fest. Drizzy's comments were deemed to be in violation of the NBA's anti-tampering rules, but according to a report in The Globe and Mail, the team was offered an opportunity to have the fine dropped.

...the NBA offered to drop the tampering fine if the team agreed to strip Drake of his title. The Raptors apparently refused.

Drake is not an official employee of the Raptors, but does serve as the team's "global ambassador," a partnership that was announced last September.

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Lmfao I want timmy and MU to right the NBA a check for 50k
Lol 25k is pocket money for both drake and mlsp